THE CASE

OF

THE CHEROKEE NATION

against

THE STATE OF GEORGIA;

ARGUED AND DETERMINED AT

THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,

JANUARY TERM 1831.

WITH

AN APPENDIX,

Containing the Opinion of Chancellor Kent on the Case; the Treaties between
the United States and the Cherokee Indians; the Act of Congress of

1802, entitled 'An Act to regulate intercourse with the Indian
tribes, &c.'; and the Laws of Georgia relative to the

country occupied by the Cherokee Indians,

within the boundary of that State.

BY RICHARD PETERS,

COUNSELLOR AT LAW.

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Philadelphia:

JOHN GRIGG, 9 NORTH FOURTH STREET.

1831.

Entered according to the act of congress, in the year 1831, by Richard Peters, in the
Clerk's office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia:

Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Co.
No. 4, Minor Street.